Tree Services In Clarendon Hills

Tree Trimming In Clarendon Hills, Starting At The Parkway

The village’s parkway page is direct about ownership: “Trees planted on the parkway are owned by the village,” and the parkway is “the area between the sidewalk and the roadway.” Under the heading “Actions Prohibited By Village Ordinance,” the same page lists “Cutting down a parkway tree: without written consent from the Public Works Department.” So before any tree trimming Clarendon Hills homeowners want near the street, the first step is finding out whether the tree stands in that strip — if it does, it belongs to the village.

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What The Village Says About Its Parkway Trees

We could not reach the Clarendon Hills code online, so this section relies on the village’s own web pages and publications, not on ordinance text. The parkway page says no one may attach a wire, sign, placard or poster to a parkway tree, and no screws, nails, chains or staples go into one “without written consent from the Public Works Department.” Its planting standards keep new parkway trees 10 feet from hydrants, water services and driveways and 35 feet from any other tree, with a minimum 2 1/2-inch trunk and a species from the village’s pre-approved list.

The village’s May/June 2025 newsletter says Public Works maintains the tree inventory, replaces about 60 to 70 trees a year and plans a program to add more than 500, and that its staff includes a certified arborist who handles removal of damaged or diseased trees. The village’s submittal checklist for new single-family homes and additions over 800 square feet asks for a grading plan showing “Size and location of all parkway trees and private trees of 4″ or more in diameter.” The Morton Arboretum publishes species guidance worth reading before you plant on your own side of the walk.

Clarendon Hills’ Curving Streets

Clarendon Hills was modeled on Riverside, the Olmsted-designed park-like suburb, and its winding streets follow the natural contours of the land. Reference sources give its incorporation as 1923 or 1924 — the infobox and the text disagree — and say it incorporated to avoid annexation by Hinsdale. The population grew sharply between 1940 and 1960, and the 2020 census counted 8,702 people on 1.82 square miles.

Streets that bend with the land leave odd-shaped lots, and on those a large tree is more often lowered in pieces than dropped in one. The village’s stormwater links refer to the Salt Creek (Bronswood Creek) watershed and to Flagg Creek, and it runs a stormwater cost-share program.

Tree Care We Offer In Clarendon Hills

• Tree and bush removal — trees on your side of the sidewalk; parkway trees are the village’s
• Trimming and pruning — private trees pruned; for a parkway tree, talk to Public Works first
• Stump grinding — ground below grade, with the chips hauled off
• Storm response, 24 hours a day

Get Tree Trimming Clarendon Hills Pricing

Give us the address and tell us whether the tree is in front of or behind the sidewalk; that is half of any tree trimming Clarendon Hills quote. Call 708-424-5885 or read about the rest of our DuPage County service area. Neighboring work: Hinsdale, Westmont.